According to unconfirmed reports from witnesses at the Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, the pilot of a small plane crashed into a field shortly after take off this morning. The plane, a 1998 Katana Diamond, appeared to lose power, which resulted in an emergency landing. The pilot appeared to be okay and did not sustain any life threatening injuries, but the plane sustained major damage.

(Writer's note: This is the final article for the Longmont Airport Examiner. You can find all Longmont Airport information at LongmontAirport.com and on the official city website. Also on Facebook and Twitter. It's been a great ride with the airport all these years.)

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Brigette is the Advertising Coordinator for the Longmont Airport Expo, Co-Admin for the Longmont Airport Facebook page and Longmont Airport Twitter pages, and Co-Admin for the LongmontAirport.com website. She and her family have flown all over the U.S. in small airplanes, and is married to a career air traffic controller at Denver Center. She formerly wrote as the Longmont Examiner and has been with Examiner.com since 2008, and retired her column in August of 2014.